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Dystocia Maneuvers
1. McRoberts: hyperflexion/adduction of both hips (knees against lateral abdomen) - requires an assistant at
Corkscrew: insert ... then reattempt delivery ... Dystocia #Maneuvers #delivery
Shotgun Laboratory Testing for Severe Acute Livery Injury

https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/143598/hospital-medicine/ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known

#TWDFNR #Testing #Laboratory #LiverInjury #Diagnosis #Workup #Hepatology #EBM #ChoosingWisely
for Severe Acute Livery ... LiverInjury #Diagnosis #Workup
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Diagnosis and Workup ... - Impaired O2 Delivery
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
hemorrhages • Corkscrew ... Pathophysiology #VitaminC #AscorbicAcid
How a Chest Tube Drainage System Works

Bottle 1: Fluid Collection. This is a simple collection bottle
Drainage System Works ... allows you to deliver
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
adequate oxygen delivery ... Adequate oxygen delivery ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
adequate oxygen delivery ... Adequate oxygen delivery ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
A: Impaired O2 Delivery ... • Decreased O2 Delivery ... Beta-Agonists, ↑ work
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
ventricular stroke work ... ventricular stroke work ... 0.136) ● Oxygen delivery
Noninvasive Ventilation Summary
Positive pressure ventilation that is delivered through a nasal, mask, or helmet interface and
ventilation that is delivered ... pressures • Decreases work ... airway pressure • Delivers ... nasal cannula • Delivers ... upper airway • Delivered